Cinematography: Arthur L. Todd
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Arthur L. Todd. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Girl Missing
1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Glenda Farrell · Ben Lyon · Mary Brian · Lyle Talbot
Plot Two sassy gold-diggers stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who goes missing on her wedding night.
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The Cheerful Fraud
1926 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Reginald Denny · Gertrude Olmstead · Otis Harlan · Emily Fitzroy
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The Angels Wash Their Faces
1939 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Ann Sheridan · Billy Halop · Bernard Punsly · Leo Gorcey
Plot A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local...
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Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Glenda Farrell · Barton MacLane · Tom Kennedy · Willard Robertson
Plot Notorious counterfeiter "100 Dollar Bill" Bailey has eluded police capture for fifteen years while passing off his signature C-notes. He brazenly passes himself off as Secret Service agent Charles Mitchell...
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The Singing Marine
1937 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Dick Powell · Doris Weston · Lee Dixon · Hugh Herbert
Plot Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest....
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He Couldn't Say No
1938 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Frank McHugh · Jane Wyman · Cora Witherspoon · Diana Lewis
Plot Office clerk Lambert T. Hunkins gets a ten-dollar raise and his girlfriend, Violet Coney, and her mother learn that he has also some money saved, and decide it is time...
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Betsy Ross
1917 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction George Cowl · Travers Vale
Cast Alice Brady · John Bowers · Lillian Cook · Victor Kennard
Plot Revolutionary War heroine Betsy Ross finds herself in competition with her sister for the affections of a British soldier.
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You're in the Army Now
1941 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Jimmy Durante · Phil Silvers · Jane Wyman · Regis Toomey
Plot Vacuum-cleaner salesmen Homer "Jeeter" Smith and "Breezy" Jones are accidentally inducted into the army, and "Jeeter", who can sell anything, immediately begins to try and convince, Colonel Dobson, their cavalry...
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Alibi Ike
1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Joe E. Brown · Olivia de Havilland · Ruth Donnelly · Roscoe Karns
Plot Rookie pitcher Francis "Ike" Farrell comes seemingly out of nowhere to help the Cubs go for the pennant. His idiosyncratic ways, which include excuses and alibis for everything, drive his...
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Big Hearted Herbert
1934 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction William Keighley
Cast Aline MacMahon · Guy Kibbee · Patricia Ellis · Helen Lowell
Plot Herbert Kalness (Guy Kibbee) is an opinionated man and a huge grouch, but his loving family puts up with him. Herbert is upset when daughter Alice (Patricia Ellis) becomes engaged...
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River's End
1940 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Dennis Morgan · Elizabeth Earl · George Tobias · Victor Jory
Plot Convicted murderer John Keith (Dennis Morgan), escapes from his guards, and is pursued by Sergeant Conniston (Dennis Morgan, of the Royal Canadian Mouted Police. After a two year hunt, Conniston...
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The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Benjamin Stoloff
Cast Eddie Albert · Joan Leslie · Alan Hale · William Lundigan
Plot Perpetual-optimist "Dreamy" Smith aspires to quit his job as newspaper publicity drudge and sail the world. But life--and his editor--conspires against him. Not only does the car he intends using...
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The Whip
1917 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Maurice Tourneur
Cast Alma Hanlon · June Elvidge · Irving Cummings · Warren Cook
Plot The story of the training of a racehorse, the Whip, of the amnesiac nobleman who loves the horse, and of the villains who attempt to keep it from racing.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Frank McDonald
Cast Ricardo Cortez · Kay Linaker · John Eldredge · Mary Astor
Plot Crotchety hospital administrator Peter Melady, self-proclaimed developer of a new wonder anaesthetic, is about to undergo a delicate operation to be performed by the glib Dr. Leo Harrigan, Melady's longtime...
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Wild Horse Mesa
1932 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast Randolph Scott · Sally Blane · Fred Kohler · Lucille La Verne
Plot Chane Weymer (Randolph Scott), an Arizona rancher goes after a gang that is trapping and catching wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures. He suspects Ward (Fred Kohler), of...
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Back in Circulation
1937 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Ray Enright
Cast Pat O'Brien · Joan Blondell · Margaret Lindsay · John Litel
Plot Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that...
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Loose Ankles
1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Ted Wilde
Cast Loretta Young · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Louise Fazenda · Otis Harlan
Plot In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper, a wealthy socialite who has inherited a fortune provided the family is involved no scandals appearing...
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Red Hot Tires
1935 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction D. Ross Lederman
Cast Lyle Talbot · Mary Astor · Roscoe Karns · Frankie Darro
Plot Red Hot Tires is a 1935 American crime drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by D. Ross Lederman, and starring Lyle Talbot and Mary Astor.
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The Florentine Dagger
1935 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Robert Florey
Cast Donald Woods · Margaret Lindsay · C. Aubrey Smith · Henry O'Neill
Plot Juan Cesare, a descendant of the Borgia's of Vienna, thinks he may have a murder streak in him acquired from his long-dead relatives, is is love with Florence Ballau, but...
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The Smiling Ghost
1941 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Wayne Morris · Brenda Marshall · Alexis Smith · Alan Hale
Plot Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But...
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